Research Paper Handbook

by Lester, James D., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781596470767
• ISBN10: 1596470763
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Good Year Books

Summary

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

Table of Contents

Establishing a Topic	1	(26)
Introduction	2	(1)
Identifying Your Role as a Researcher	3	(2)
Selecting a Research Topic	5	(1)
Using Personal Experiences for Topic Discovery	6	(1)
Exploring Possible Subtopics	7	(2)
Clustering Ideas	9	(2)
Asking Questions about a General Topic	11	(2)
Conducting a Computer Search	13	(4)
Developing a Thesis Statement	17	(5)
Framing a Research Proposal	22	(1)
Expressing a Thesis Statement In the Proposal	23	(4)
Gathering Data	27	(22)
Introduction	28	(1)
Developing a Working Bibliography	29	(2)
Conducting a Key-Word Search	31	(5)
Searching the Electronic Book Catalog	36	(3)
Searching a Library's Electronic Databases	39	(2)
Searching the Internet	41	(3)
Searching for an Encyclopedia Article	44	(1)
Searching for a Newspaper Article	45	(1)
Searching for Government Documents	46	(1)
Writing Notes from Field Research	47	(2)
Setting Goals and Organizing Ideas	49	(14)
Introduction	50	(1)
Charting a Direction and Setting Goals	51	(5)
Stimulating Your Note Taking	56	(2)
Writing a Formal Outline	58	(5)
Taking Notes	63	(24)
Introduction	64	(1)
Creating Effective Notes	65	(3)
Writing Personal Notes	68	(2)
Writing Direct Quotation Notes	70	(3)
Writing Summary Notes	73	(2)
Writing Paraphrased Notes	75	(3)
Selecting a Mix of Both Primary and Secondary Sources	78	(2)
Avoiding Plagiarism	80	(7)
Writing with an Academic Style	87	(16)
Introduction	88	(1)
Focusing Your Argument	89	(2)
Drafting the Thesis Statement	91	(3)
Writing a Title for Your Project	94	(2)
Drafting from Your Notes and Outline	96	(7)
Combining Sources in Your Writing	103	(20)
Introduction	104	(1)
Using References in Your Text	105	(4)
Citing a Source When No Author Is Listed	109	(1)
Using Nonprint Sources	110	(1)
Citing Internet Sources	111	(1)
Citing Indirect Sources	112	(2)
Citing Material from Textbooks and Anthologies	114	(1)
Adding Information to In-text Citations	115	(3)
Indenting Long Quotations	118	(2)
Citing Poetry	120	(1)
Punctuating Citations	121	(2)
Writing the Introduction	123	(12)
Introduction	124	(1)
Techniques for Writing the Introduction	125	(2)
Identifying the Topic	127	(2)
Providing Background Information	129	(2)
Establishing the Problem	131	(1)
Stating Your Thesis	132	(3)
Writing the Body of the Research Paper	135	(12)
Introduction	136	(1)
Planning and Outlining the Body	137	(1)
Building the Body	138	(4)
Writing Topic Sentences	142	(2)
Writing Paragraphs	144	(3)
Writing the Conclusion	147	(8)
Introduction	148	(1)
Writing a Conclusion	149	(3)
Avoiding Certain Mistakes in the Conclusion	152	(3)
Works Cited	155	(16)
Introduction	156	(1)
Bibliographic Form---Books	157	(3)
Bibliographic Form---Periodicals	160	(2)
Bibliographic Form---Electronic Sources	162	(3)
Bibliographic Form---CD-ROM Sources	165	(1)
Bibliographic Form---Other Sources	166	(1)
Preparing a Works Cited Page	167	(4)
Preparing the Final Paper	171	(16)
Introduction	172	(1)
Formatting the Paper	173	(2)
Revising the Paper	175	(1)
Editing the Paper	176	(2)
Avoiding Discriminatory Language	178	(2)
Participating in a Peer Review	180	(1)
Proofreading the Final Manuscript	181	(2)
Model Research Paper in MLA Style	183	(4)
Handling Format--APA Style	187	(22)
Introduction	188	(1)
Writing a Theoretical Paper for the Social Sciences	189	(1)
Writing in the Proper Tense for an APA-style Paper	190	(1)
Using In-text Citations in APA Style	191	(3)
Preparing the Bibliography Page	194	(4)
Citing Internet Sources in APA Style	198	(3)
Citing CD-ROM Information in APA Style	201	(1)
Formatting a Paper in APA Style	202	(2)
Model Research Paper in APA Style	204	(5)
Preparing Electronic Research Projects	209	(10)
Introduction	210	(1)
Using Word Processing	211	(1)
Building Electronic Presentations	212	(1)
Research Paper Web Sites	213	(3)
Using Graphics in Your Electronic Research Paper	216	(3)
Appendix: Matters of Mechanics	219	(6)
Index	225